Boat designs
Wooden boat plans and kits, with the build logs attached
Boats built from plans or a kit, by the people building them. Pick one to see every build log of it, how long they actually took, and where the hours went.
1,600+ boat plans and kits from 94 designers are listed here in one place: Glen-L Marine, Chesapeake Light Craft, Devlin, Dudley Dix, John Welsford, Iain Oughtred, Bateau, Benford and the rest. Every design page carries the specs, where the plans or the kit come from, and every build log anyone here has kept of that boat, so you can see what it actually took before you buy the drawings.
Filter by who drew it, by what it is (kayaks, canoes, skiffs, dories, dinghies, sailboats, runabouts and cruisers), by length, or by how it goes together: stitch and glue, glued lapstrake, strip plank, plywood on frame, skin on frame. Most of the catalog is plywood, which is also where a first boat should start.
206 boats
Compare two boats| Design | Plans from | Type | LOA | Construction | Logs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Squirt | Glen-L Marine | Power | 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) | plywood on frame | 2 |
| Passagemaker Take-Apart | Chesapeake Light Craft | Row | 11′ 7″ (3.53 m) | lapstrake plywood | 1 |
| Polliwog 8 | Devlin | Row | 7′ 6″ (2.29 m) | stitch and glue | 1 |
| Tiny Titan | Glen-L Marine | Power | 8′ 2″ (2.49 m) | plywood on frame | 1 |
| Ultralight Dinghy | Chesapeake Light Craft | Row | 6′ 0″ (1.83 m) | stitch and glue | 1 |
| 10-Foot Little Auk | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| 10' 2" Lawton Tender | Newfound Woodworks | Row | 10′ 2″ (3.1 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| 10' Garvey Jolle | Boatkits | Power | 3.05 m (10′ 0″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| 10' Jolle | Boatkits | Row | 3.08 m (10′ 1″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| 10' Ruderboot | Boatkits | Row | 3.12 m (10′ 3″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| 11 ft 4 in Sunrise Dinghy | Benford Design Group | Row | 11′ 4″ (3.45 m) | plywood | 0 |
| 11 ft Night Sailing Dinghy | Benford Design Group | Sail | 11′ 0″ (3.35 m) | plywood | 0 |
| 11 ft Oregon Peapod Sailing Dinghy | Benford Design Group | Sail | 11′ 0″ (3.35 m) | Airex cored fibreglass or cold moulded or solid fibreglass or lapstrake | 0 |
| 11 ft Sailing Dinghy with Transom Stern | Benford Design Group | Sail | 11′ 0″ (3.35 m) | Airex cored fibreglass or cold moulded or solid fibreglass or lapstrake | 0 |
| 11-Foot Little Auk | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 11′ 0″ (3.35 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| 11' 4" Wee Lassie | Newfound Woodworks | Paddle | 11′ 4″ (3.45 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| 11' 9" Otter | Newfound Woodworks | Paddle | 11′ 9″ (3.58 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| 11' Jolle | Boatkits | Sail | 3.6 m (11′ 10″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| 11' Jolle mit flachem Boden | Boatkits | Row | 3.4 m (11′ 2″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| 3 Piece Boat | Grandpa's Archive | Other | 7′ 0″ (2.13 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| 3-In-1 | Stevenson Projects | Sail | 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) | plywood | 0 |
| 7 ft 3 in Dinghy | Benford Design Group | Row | 7′ 3″ (2.21 m) | plywood | 0 |
| 7 ft 6 in Dinghy | Benford Design Group | Row | 7′ 6″ (2.29 m) | plywood | 0 |
| 8 ft 6 in Dinghy | Benford Design Group | Row | 8′ 6″ (2.59 m) | cold moulded or solid fibreglass or lapstrake | 0 |
| 8 ft Double Ended Dinghy | Benford Design Group | Row | 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) | solid fibreglass | 0 |
| 8 ft Portland Yawlboat Sailing Dinghy | Benford Design Group | Sail | 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) | cold moulded or solid fibreglass or lapstrake | 0 |
| 8' Entlein | Boatkits | Row | 2.42 m (7′ 11″) | glued lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| 9 ft 6 in Dinghy | Benford Design Group | Row | 9′ 6″ (2.9 m) | lapstrake | 0 |
| 9 ft Double Ended Dinghy | Benford Design Group | Row | 9′ 0″ (2.74 m) | cold moulded | 0 |
| Acorn Skiff | Iain Oughtred | Row | 11′ 9″ (3.58 m) | glued lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Ady-J | Grandpa's Archive | Row | 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Aerowood 310 SUP | Modern Wooden Boat | Paddle | 3.1 m (10′ 2″) | plywood | 0 |
| Alli8 Sailing Pram | Duck Trap Woodworking | Sail | 7′ 10″ (2.39 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Amphora | Stevenson Projects | Row | 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Argie 10 | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 10′ 2″ (3.1 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Baby Baggie | BCA Demco | Sail | 3.04 m (10′ 0″) | strip planked | 0 |
| Baby Boat Cradle | Manta Marine Design | Other | 1.2 m (3′ 11″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Backpack Boat | Butler Projects | Row | 5′ 0″ (1.52 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Bebop | Grandpa's Archive | Power | 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Bella 10 Skiff | Devlin | Row | 9′ 8″ (2.96 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Bella 12 | Devlin | Row | 11′ 7″ (3.54 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Bevin's Skiff | Chesapeake Light Craft | Row | 11′ 8″ (3.56 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Biloxi Dinghy | Grandpa's Archive | Row | 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) | n/a | 0 |
| Black Fly 8 | Geodesic Airolite Boats | Row | 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) | skin on frame | 0 |
| Breeze | Plyboat | Paddle | 3 m (9′ 10″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Broadbill 11 | Devlin | Power | 10′ 8″ (3.25 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Buckboard | Glen-L Marine | Sail | 11′ 11″ (3.63 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Bull's Eye | Glen-L Marine | Sail | 11′ 0″ (3.35 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Bullet | Glen-L Marine | Power | 11′ 3″ (3.43 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Cardboard Boat | The Cardboard Boat Book | Paddle | 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) | n/a | 0 |
| Cat Boat 12 | Bateau | Sail | 11′ 11″ (3.63 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Catspaw Pram | B&B Yacht Designs | Row | 6′ 6″ (1.98 m) | n/a | 0 |
| Centerfold | Glen-L Marine | Row | 7′ 10″ (2.39 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Class AB | Glen-L Marine | Power | 10′ 6″ (3.2 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Class J | Glen-L Marine | Power | 9′ 0″ (2.74 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Classic 10 | Geodesic Airolite Boats | Row | 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) | skin on frame | 0 |
| CLC Kayak/Canoe SailRig | Chesapeake Light Craft | Sail | 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Cocktail Class Racer | Chesapeake Light Craft | Power | 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Colibri | Plyboat | Row | 2.3 m (7′ 7″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Corsair 11 | Bateau | Sail | 10′ 9″ (3.28 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
Boat not listed? Start your log and type its name and it gets added to the catalog. Specs here are community-maintained; check them against the designer’s own drawings before you cut anything.